Maintain the state of undistractedness and distractions will fly away.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

This very body is the Buddha. And this very earth the lotus paradise.

Try to be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

Zen proposes its solution by directly appealing to facts of personal experience and not to book-knowledge.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The ultimate purpose of Buddhism is to serve and benefit humanity.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

Appearances are mind, mind itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is spontaneous presence.

Each breath is a new beginning, a fresh opportunity to awaken.

Panic, anxiety, and stress are not obstacles to the practice. They are the path to wisdom and compassion.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

To live fully is to let go and die with each step.